The Myanmar government is arranging more security for State Counselor and Foreign Affairs Minister Aung San Suu Kyi after her name appeared on a hit list sent by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militant group to police in Malaysia, a government spokesman said Wednesday. Her name was listed along with those of […]
Syrian fighters from a rebel group considered ‘moderate’ by Washington are responsible for using toxic gas shells that killed seven and injured 23 in Aleppo on Tuesday, according to a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defense. “On August 2, 2016 at 19 hours 05 minutes militants from the Harakat Nour al-Din al-Zenki group, considered […]
An Emirate passenger plane crash-landed at Dubai Airport and caught fire. All passengers were evacuated safely, and no injuries have been reported so far, according to authorities. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A passenger jet of the Emirates airline crash-landed at Dubai Airport in the UAE on Wednesday, the government and airline said. The fire on board […]
North Korea has launched two ballistic missile toward the Sea of Japan, one of which exploded immediately after launch, according to the US. The move has been condemned by the country’s southern neighbor, as well as Japan and Washington. The projectile that was launched at about 7:50am local time (around midnight GMT), and, according to […]
Bangladeshi police on Tuesday identified a Canadian and a former military officer as suspected masterminds of a terrorist attack that killed 20 hostages at a café in Dhaka last month. Bangladesh-born Canadian citizen Tamim Chowdhury and fugitive ex-army Maj. Syed Mohammad Ziaul Haq are suspected leaders of home-grown militant groups, police said in announcing bounties […]
Several Buddhist temples or vihara in northern Sumatra of Indonesia were plundered and burned down by a Muslim mob following a dispute between an Indonesian of Chinese descent an administrator of a mosque over its microphone volumn, according to the Jakarta Post Online on Saturday. North Sumatra police spokesperson Senior Commander Rina Sari Ginting said […]
The Russian Aerospace Forces’ Mil Mi-8 Hip transport helicopter was downed in the northwestern Syrian province of Idlib on Monday with three crew members and two reconciliation center officers aboard. MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff Lt. Gen. Sergei Rudskoy told reporters that the helicopter was shot down […]
A nine-minute video posted to YouTube on July 31 through a messenger account used by the Islamic State (IS) group calls on IS militants to carry out attacks in Russia. The video shows a masked man driving a car in a desert who wags his finger and shouts: “Listen Putin, we will come to Russia […]
